Detail View: The AMICA Library: Portrait of a Man and Woman at a Casement
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.89.15.19
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Lippi, Filippo
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Role:
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Artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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Italian, Florentine, born about 1406, died 1469
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Fra Filippo Lippi
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Title:
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Portrait of a Man and Woman at a Casement
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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ca. 1440
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Creation Start Date:
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1430
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Creation End Date:
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1450
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Materials and Techniques:
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Tempera on wood
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Dimensions:
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25 1/4 x 16 1/2 in. (64.1 x 41.9 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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89.15.19
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Credit Line:
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Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889
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Rights:
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Context:
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As the earliest surviving Italian double portrait in a domestic setting, this painting is doubly groundbreaking and innovative. The two figures have been plausibly identified as Lorenzo di Ranieri Scolari (1407-1478) and Angiola di Bernardo Sapiti, who were married in 1436. The painting is usually dated around 1440 and may have commemorated their wedding or the birth of a child. The careful attention to the woman's dress and jewels, and the topographical depiction of the buildings and gardens in the background, seem almost to document the Scolari family possessions. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.ep89.15.19.R.tif
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